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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miyata, Ayabe, JP;
Kazuya Ohtsuki, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Jun Nakajima, Ayabe, JP;
Seiji Miyashita, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Kiyoshi Imai, Ayabe, JP;
Makoto Kasuya, Ayabe, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A photosensor includes a sensor module in which emitter and receiver leads protrude from a circuit-encapsulating portion in a direction intersecting with a direction in which an external connecting terminal extends. The photosensor includes a light emitter, a light receiver, a circuit-encapsulating portion, a connecting terminal, first and second emitter leads, and first and second receiver leads. When the connecting terminal extends in a first direction, and a first plane is parallel to the first direction, the first and second emitter leads protrude from the circuit-encapsulating portion in a direction parallel to the first plane and intersecting with the first direction, and extend opposite to the first direction. The first and second receiver leads protrude from the circuit-encapsulating portion in the direction parallel to the first plane and intersecting with the first direction and opposite to a direction in which the first and second emitter leads protrude, and extend opposite to the first direction. The first and second emitter leads and the first and second receiver leads are deformed to allow the light receiver and the light emitter to face each other.